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This article describes the procedures and requirements of .us domain names.Click on the subject below to open the dropdown for more information.

.us domain registration↓

Registration is realtime and requires the following additional data.

For the registration we will insert the following default values towards the registry. If your domain registration does not fit this description, please let us know and we can correct your registration.

Business use for profit
Regularly engages in lawful activities (sales of goods or services or other business, commercial or non-commercial, including not-for-profit relations in the United States).

There is also a requirement for the name servers, these need to be physically in the US.

.us domain transfer↓

A transfer can be requested like any other domainname using an authorisation code.
After the transfer has been started the current registrar will receive a notification of this. If they do not decline the transfer it will complete after 5 days.

Contact our Sales department to check if easy transfer of 100 or more .us domains is available.

.us domain update and trade (owner change)↓

Update owner (trade)

Update other data

An owner change can be performed by changing the owner handle of the domain.
After changing the owner of the domainname the purpose of the domainname and the category of the new owner have to be redefined if applicable.

A purpose for the domainname has to be specified.
1 - Business use for profit
2 - Non-profit business, club, association, religious organization, etc.
3 - Personal use
4 - Education purposes
5 - Government purposes

A category of the registrant has to be specified.
- A natural person,
-- Who is a United States citizen.
-- Who is a permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its posessions or territories.
- A U.S. Organization incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. States, the District of Columbia, or any of the U.S. Possessions or territories or organized or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or any of its possessions or territories or a U.S. Federal, state, or local government entity or a political subdivision thereof.
- U.S. Organization incorporated within one of the 50 states or a U.S. Territory
-An entity or organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories.
-- Regularly engages in lawful activities (sales of goods or services or other business, commercial or non-commercial, including not-for-profit relations in the United States).
-- Entity has an office or other facility in the US.

An contact update can be performed by replacing the owner-handle of the domain. This change is processed realtime.
There is also a requirement for the name servers, these need to be physically in the US.

.us domain delete (expiration) and reactivation (restore)↓

Delete / expiration

Restore / reactivation

A domain can be set to not renew at the end of the current period.

A domain can be restored using a restore domain command at the supplier. The domain can be renewed for 30 days after expiring.